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Gender Differences in the Relation Between Suicidal Risk and Body Dissatisfaction Among Bariatric Surgery Patients: A
Gil Goldzweig1, Sigal Levy2, Shay Ohayon3
1School of Behavioural Sciences, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel-Aviv 6818213, Israel.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 8, 2025
Summary
Bariatric surgery patients show gender differences in how body image dissatisfaction and suicidal ideation interact. Pre-surgery suicidal ideation predicts body dissatisfaction in men, while body dissatisfaction influences future dissatisfaction more in women.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Bariatric Surgery Research
- Mental Health
Background:
- Body image dissatisfaction and emotional eating are common concerns for bariatric surgery patients.
- Understanding the relationship between these factors and suicide risk is crucial for patient care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a gender-specific model of the causal links between body image dissatisfaction, emotional eating, and suicide risk in bariatric patients.
- To investigate gender differences in these associations.
- To test the hypothesis that body dissatisfaction and emotional eating increase suicide risk, irrespective of weight loss.
Main Methods:
- 109 participants completed self-report measures pre- and post-bariatric surgery.
- Measures included suicidal ideation, body image dissatisfaction, and emotional eating.
- Cross-lagged analyses were used to examine predictive relationships.
Main Results:
- Pre-surgery suicidal ideation predicted body dissatisfaction in men, independent of weight loss.
- Pre-surgery suicide risk correlated with post-surgery body dissatisfaction in men.
- The autoregressive effect of suicide ideation was stronger than body dissatisfaction for both genders, but body dissatisfaction's effect was stronger in women.
Conclusions:
- Gender significantly moderates the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and suicide risk in bariatric surgery patients.
- The interplay between gender, body image, emotional eating, and suicide risk requires further investigation.
- These findings highlight the need for gender-tailored mental health support in bariatric care.
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